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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 174 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Speaker 

should immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete work on a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 23, 2013 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 

BECERRA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ANDREWS, 

Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. 

MOORE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. POCAN, Ms. MICHELLE

LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. WELCH, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. KIND, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. NORTON, 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. COOPER, 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 

DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ENYART, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SMITH

of Washington, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. WAXMAN, 

Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. RUSH) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the Speaker should immediately request a conference and 


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appoint conferees to complete work on a fiscal year 2014 

budget resolution with the Senate. 

Whereas the House of Representatives and the Senate have 

each passed a budget resolution for fiscal year 2014; 

Whereas the Republican majority in the House of Representatives has repeatedly called for transparency and regular 

order in the budgetary process, including a statement by 

the Speaker on March 4, 2013, that ‘‘It’s time for us to 

get back to regular order in the House’’; 

Whereas the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 sets a statutory deadline of April 15 for Congress to complete action 

on adopting a conference agreement on the concurrent 

budget resolution, and the Congress is not in compliance 

with the deadline; 

Whereas the sequester threatens to impose sharp cuts in investments that are essential to our economic growth, and 

should be addressed in a budget resolution conference 

agreement; 

Whereas a conference agreement on the budget resolution is 

necessary to set a uniform discretionary allocation to facilitate the process of crafting and enacting 2014 appropriations bills in a timely manner; and 

Whereas the unresolved budget issues bring unnecessary uncertainty to the economy: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that the Speaker should follow regular House 

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